The Mecklenburg Declaration In Revolutionary War Pension Applications
In Hershel Parker’s excellent article in the October 2014 Journal of the American Revolution (“Fanning Outfoxes Marion”) he makes reference to an important research…
In Hershel Parker’s excellent article in the October 2014 Journal of the American Revolution (“Fanning Outfoxes Marion”) he makes reference to an important research…
Thursday, September 26, 2013, represented the 233rd anniversary of the Battle of Charlotte, a small but important skirmish between local Carolina militia and the…
They say that history is written by the victors. Thus, the story of the American Revolution is largely one of heroic figures such as…
In late May 1775, the Scots-Irish settlers of remote Mecklenburg County, in the Carolina backcountry, received news by express messenger of the Battles of…
Except outside of historical circles, Revolutionary War figures are not widely known, and are even more rarely celebrated. There are the ones you would…